Legal Opinion
Epoch Producing Corp. v. Killiam Shows, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 13, 1975No. Nos. 246, 247, 390, Dockets 73-2795, 74-1269, 74-1425PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
The central issue presented by this appeal is the validity of a renewal copyright in D. W. Griffith’s famous film classic The Birth of a Nation (“The Birth”), which was a pioneer in the field of full-length feature motion pictures. The renewal was issued in 1942 by the Copyright Office to Epoch Producing Corporation (“Epoch”), which in 1969 brought suit in the Southern District of New York for infringement against Killiam Shows, Inc., Gregstan Enterprises and Paul Killiam, defendants and third-party plaintiffs (collectively referred to herein as “Killiam”), and…
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